President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria.

Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, made this known while briefing State House correspondent on Thursday.

The President directed that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.

The directive was said to be in line with the Tinubu administration’s position on ensuring that the most vulnerable are supported.

Alake said President is not unmindful of the rising cost of food and its effect on the pocket of citizens.

The President also directed the immediate release fertilizers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal.

“There must be an urgent synergy between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources to ensure adequate irrigation of farmlands and to guarantee that food is produced all-year round.” the President was quoted as saying.

“We shall create and support a National Commodity Board that will review and continuously assess food prices as well as maintain a strategic food reserve that will be used as a price stabilisation mechanism for critical grains and other food items. Through this board, government will moderate spikes and dips in food prices.

“To achieve this, we have the following stakeholders on board to support the intervention effort of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The National Commodity Exchange (NCX), Seed Companies, National Seed Council and Research institutes, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, Food Processing/ Agric Processing associations, private sector holders & Prime Anchors, small holder farmers, crop associations and Fertilizer producers, blenders and suppliers associations to mention a few.

“We will engage our security architecture to protect the farms and the farmers so that farmers can return to the farmlands without fear of attacks.”

The President said the Central Bank of Nigeria will continue to play a role of funding the agricultural value chain.

He said 500,000 hectares of have already been mapped land to increase availability of arable land for farming.

Tinubu said revenue from food and agricultural exports would be increased.

The President also directed the immediate release fertilizers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal.

MS247:
Fulani herdsmen better have sense

Tinubu made a NorthCentral man Chief of Army Staff for a reason

Racoon:
Which farm? Same farm bandits have made a theatre of bloodshed & wanton killings? Even the catastrophic Buhari you venerated for 8 years have fled to London abandoning his unproductive cattle in Daura.He even claimed that he would relocate to his original country of Niger Republic is his brother here wants to disturb his life.

helinues:
Back to farming. We can produce our local foods in abundance and still export.

I am still wondering why we are still importing ordinary fish and turkey when we can start the production here

MS247:
Fulani herdsmen better have sense

Tinubu made a NorthCentral man Chief of Army Staff for a reason

XerXers:

Benue, plateau, Kaduna, Niger Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi are under occupation by non state actors and you want people back to farm? The only people going back to farm are Igbos, thank God for ESN. We are still packing huge money from tomato harvest

Zupay:


Back to farming must be backed by security of lives, getting kidnapped is not a joke.

helinues:


Back to farming. We can produce our local foods in abundance and still export.

I am still wondering why we are still importing ordinary fish and turkey when we can start the production here

helinues:


Back to farming. We can produce our local foods in abundance and still export.

I am still wondering why we are still importing ordinary fish and turkey when we can start the production here

helinues:
Back to farming. We can produce our local foods in abundance and still export....

helinues:
Nigeria Army have asked the governors to let them deal with those miscreants across the country .

helinues:


Nigeria Army have asked the governors to let them deal with those miscreants across the country .

Racoon:
Which farm? Same farm bandits have made a theatre of bloodshed & wanton killings? Even the catastrophic Buhari you venerated for 8 years have fled to London abandoning his unproductive cattle in Daura.He even claimed that he would relocate to his original country of Niger Republic is his brother here wants to disturb his life.

Racoon:
With the widespread food insecurity, galloping inflation and menace of bandits/fulani/BH terrorists hampering agricultural productivity?

Why not declared such state of emergency on health( stop foreign tourism), economy, bogous cost of governance, senseless borrowings, unviable government ministries(merging as many as possible), widespread deteriorating insecurity, bandits/Fulanis/ Simon-Ekpa led IPOB among many critical sectors of our national life?

MS247:
Fulani herdsmen better have sense
Tinubu made a NorthCentral man Chief of Army Staff for a reason

oonyeoma50:

Tinubu is the best thing that has ever happened to Nigeria, he is a god sent.
We the good people of Nigeria urge Tinubu to increase the volume of whatever he is doing to Nigerians, we love it, don't listen to anybody.

God bless president Tinubu,
God bless federal republic of Nigeria

MS247:

Those young Army boys are ruthless... I pity the miscreants in advance

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blamingthedevil:
BREAKING: Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency On Food Security

The President also directed that all matters pertaining to food and water affordability be included within the purview of the National Security Council.

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria.

Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, made this known while briefing State House correspondent on Thursday.

The President directed that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.

The directive was said to be in line with the Tinubu administration’s position on ensuring that the most vulnerable are supported.

Alake said President is not unmindful of the rising cost of food and its effect on the pocket of citizens.

The President also directed the immediate release fertilizers and grains to farmers and households to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal.

“There must be an urgent synergy between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources to ensure adequate irrigation of farmlands and to guarantee that food is produced all-year round.” the President was quoted as saying.

“We shall create and support a National Commodity Board that will review and continuously assess food prices as well as maintain a strategic food reserve that will be used as a price stabilisation mechanism for critical grains and other food items. Through this board, government will moderate spikes and dips in food prices.

“To achieve this, we have the following stakeholders on board to support the intervention effort of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The National Commodity Exchange (NCX), Seed Companies, National Seed Council and Research institutes, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, Food Processing/ Agric Processing associations, private sector holders & Prime Anchors, small holder farmers, crop associations and Fertilizer producers, blenders and suppliers associations to mention a few.

“We will engage our security architecture to protect the farms and the farmers so that farmers can return to the farmlands without fear of attacks.”

The President said the Central Bank of Nigeria will continue to play a role of funding the agricultural value chain.

He said 500,000 hectares of have already been mapped land to increase availability of arable land for farming.

Tinubu said revenue from food and agricultural exports would be increased.

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/07/13/breaking-tinubu-declares-state-of-emergency-on-food-security/